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Inconsistent susceptibility to autoimmunity in inbred LEW rats is due to genetic crossbreeding involving segregation of the arthritis-regulating gene Ncf1.
Genomics - 1 May 2004
Olofsson Peter, Johansson Asa, Wedekind Dirk, Klöting Ingrid, Klinga-Levan Karin, Lu Shemin, Holmdahl Rikard
Abstract excerpt
We recently identified a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the Ncf1 gene, a component of the NADPH oxidase complex, to be the cause of one of the strongest identified loci for arthritis severity in rats. This polymorphism was found to be naturally occurring in a collection of inbred rat strains as well as in wild rats. Among the inbred strains we found that different LEW substrains (LEW/Ztm and LEW/Mol),...
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